60-Day Notice

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addressed to Desk Officer, Department
of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Information Technology (IT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–2062;
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on July 6, 2018, 83 FR
31558.

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Comments Invited
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. The ICR documentation will be
available at http://www.reginfo.gov
upon its submission to OMB. Therefore,
in preparation for OMB review and
approval of the following information
collection, TSA is soliciting comments
to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Consistent with the requirements of
Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs, and E.O. 13777, Enforcing the
Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also
requesting comments on the extent to
which this request for information could
be modified to reduce the burden on
respondents.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: TSA Airspace Waiver Program.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0033.
Forms(s): NA.
Affected Public: Aircraft operators,
passengers, and crewmembers.
Abstract: The airspace waiver
program allows U.S. and foreign general

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aviation aircraft operators to apply for
approval to operate in U.S. restricted
airspace, including overflying the
United States and its territories. TSA
collects certain information from the
aircraft operator concerning the
proposed flight and aircraft. TSA also
collects identifying information for all
pilots, crewmembers and passengers
who will be onboard the aircraft
operated in restricted airspace to
perform a security threat assessment on
each individual.
Number of Respondents: 8,960.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 7,078 hours annually.
Dated: September 20, 2018.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7007–N–05]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: HUD Technical Assistance
Assessment
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) is
seeking approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, HUD is requesting
comments from all interested parties on
the proposed collection of information.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for
60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November
26, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5534
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at [email protected] for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
SUMMARY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410–5000; email
Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5535
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB
may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
proposed collection of information
described in Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: HUD
Technical Assistance Assessment.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: No forms.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: HUD is
conducting this study under cooperative
agreement with the Urban Institute to
assess its Technical Assistance (TA)
programs under the Community
Compass structure. HUD TA enables
housing and community development
providers to be more effective stewards
of HUD funding by equipping them with
the knowledge, skills and tools to better
manage HUD programs. TA is provided
by TA providers funded by HUD and
includes tools and product
development, help desk support, on-call
TA, direct TA and capacity building,
and needs assessments, among other
types.
Recipients of TA include State and
local governments, Tribes, TriballyDesignated Housing Agencies, Public
Housing Authorities (PHAs),
participating jurisdictions, housing
counseling agencies, multifamily
owners/operators, nonprofit
organizations, and Continuums of Care
(CoCs). In 2002, the GAO evaluated
HUD’s existing TA programs, and
recommended that HUD streamline and
coordinate its TA programs and request
its TA providers to establish
performance measures and report on
their intended outputs and outcomes.
Since then, HUD has made significant
changes to the structure,
implementation, and data systems used
in administering its TA programs.
Beginning with the Fiscal Year (FY)
2010 Technical Assistance and Capacity
Building NOFA issued by the Office of
Community Development and Planning,
and the announcement of the OneCPD
Integrated Practitioner Assistance

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System, the ‘‘Transformation Initiative’’,
HUD began to shift from a more siloed
program-specific approach to TA to a
more coordinated funding and
collaborative TA processes across
programs. Changes continued with the
integration of Office of Public and
Indian Housing TA programs in FY
2013 through OneCPD+ and finally in
FY 2014 with the addition of two more
TA funding streams to form Community
Compass. Now there is a unified NOFA
process for all programs included in
Community Compass, along with data
and coordination improvements, and
streamlined online assistance and
resource pages. This will be the first
assessment of these and other changes
made to HUD TA in response to GAO
recommendations. This project helps fill
the gap in understanding HUD’s TA
delivery system since Community
Compass began in FY 2014. The Urban
Institute is conducting an assessment
focused on answering three research
questions: (1) What TA does HUD
provide, (2) how does HUD provide TA,
and 3) how effective is HUD TA? To
answer these three questions, this study
will include in-depth interviews with
TA providers and TA customers to

hours of response, and cost of response
time: Based on the below assumptions
and tables, we calculate the total burden
hours for this study to be 130 hours and
the total cost to be $8,267.10.
Whereas the interviewees from the TA
providers will be program-level
directors and managers responsible for
general program operations, including
formulating and implementing policies,
managing daily operations and planning
and executing the use of program
resources, we estimated their cost per
interview using the most recent (May
2017) Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Occupational Employment Statistics
median hourly wage for the labor
category General and Operations
Managers (11–1021): $48.27.
Whereas the interviewees from TA
customers are most likely to be directors
of their agency or organization which
receives and manages HUD funds and
seeks TA from HUD to improve their
work, we estimated their cost per
interview using the most recent (May
2017) Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Occupational Employment Statistics
median hourly wage for the labor
category Chief Executives (11–1011):
$88.11.

supplement interviews completed
during the design of the research.
TA providers play a central role in
navigating the Community Compass
process and implementing TA activities.
To gain insights into how providers
engage in TA through Community
Compass, we plan to conduct 5 group
interviews that will target front-line TA
staff and subcontractors that deliver the
TA. This project will also interview
customers receiving TA under the
Community Compass. To better
understand the customer experience, we
will conduct interviews with key staff at
organizations that received TA. Out of
these interviews, the Urban Institute
will create a final report to HUD on the
answers to the above research questions.
The findings in the final report will
inform HUD’s future delivery of TA
under the Community Compass
structure.
Respondents: The interviews will
involve the following total numbers of
respondents by type: 40 TA provider
directors and managers and 25 TA
customer chief executives.
Estimation of total number of hours
needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response,

Respondent

Occupation

SOC code

TA Provider ...................................................................
TA Customer ................................................................

General and Operations Managers ..............................
Chief Executives ...........................................................

Median hourly
wage rate

11–1021
11–1011

$48.27
88.11

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (May 2017), https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.

The table below reflects all
assumptions about respondent numbers
and frequency, burden hour estimates

Number of
respondents

Respondent

Response
frequency

Burden hours
per response

Annual burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Total cost

TA Provider ..............................................
TA Customer ............................................

40
25

1
1

2
2

80
50

$48.27
88.11

$3,861.60
4,405.50

Total ..................................................

65

1

........................

130

........................

8,267.10

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

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for scheduling and participating in the
data collection interview, and cost.

This notice solicits comments from
members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;

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(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.

Dated: September 20, 2018.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

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